THE ANCHORESS REMINDS US that while "we are all lying in the gutter, some of us are looking at the stars" in Stargazing with Merton
We have obliterated the stars with our artificial light -- but perhaps we've blinded ourselves, too. Without the wonder, the greatness of the galaxies in our sight, we've lost the ability to believe in, or expect miracles. When you cannot see the glory of God's creation, how can you wish to glorify the Lord? No longer seeing anything greater than ourselves, we turn inward, we worship our own thoughts, our invention, our desire.That is not all that she and Thomas Merton have to say. Posted by Vanderleun at March 17, 2005 9:14 AM | TrackBackThis generation thinks of itself as the most enlightened, most informed, most aware…but how can that be? We see the world through 19 inch computer screens, and 40 inch television screens. We melt the sand to create 36 inch windows, and we think that's as big as the world gets. We've narrowed our perspective -- made it boxed sized and so have boxed ourselves in. And then we blame God for not giving us miracles anymore -- and we blame religion for making us expect them.
Thanks for directing me to that great post by the Anchoress. Meditative and spiritual. Can't find that in the New Yorker.
Posted by: RK at June 18, 2005 12:37 PMYes, and when we watch the news stories on those 40 inch TV screens for seconds or minutes at a time, we believe we are in touch with what is going on in the world.
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